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"LXC 1 WEBER STATE COLLEGE WUbl 1 KN. SJ1 ,J. r ... ...... - V - 1 i r g- - VV Jrfr - . l"" . ' J d . v - if. 7 .1 v 'I '-r ' ' VSC RODEO TEAM CALF ROPER GLENN LARSEN competed in Saturday's pro rodeo, sponsored by Delta Airlines, at Golden Spike Arena. Larsen finished 2nd by three-tenths of a second behind the nation's calf roping champion. New software polices WSC regisrrarion By Kathleen Montoya Senior reporter of The Signpost ft J I I I W ir4 iii e Campus The Weber State College touch tone registration system will soon have a new nnwram rnllpd STARRS that U 1 will check to see if registering OUUUCillfG lia)C but prerequisites for classes. According to Winslow Hurst, director of admissions and registration, prerequisite checking has not been practical in the past because each department has required a different minimum grade in lower level courses. The computer would have to match a student's registration against each department's requirements separately. It brings response time to its knees," Hurst said. The faculty senate enacted a policy Feb. 15 that will standardize minimum grade requirements at C- to meet prerequisites. The policy will enable the STARRS program to function. The new program has a target completion date for fall quarter. Students registering will not only find it easier to determine if they have met all prerequisites, but they may also find it easier to meet ACT entrance requirements, said Hurst. Those who have retaken the ACT test will be able to use their best composite score for scholarships and admissions. Students will also be allowed to use the highest score they achieved in the subcategories of math and English to meet placement requirements, even if those scores were achieved on different tests. "The philosophy is that the best score represents the student's best performance," Hurst said. "And if a student can achieve a score of 19 on a certain day, then they have reached that level of competence." (See TOUCH page 7) Fusion could be pollution solution By Tammy Goulding Staff writer of The Sgnpost Dr. Gary Sandquist, a member of University of Utah's Cold Fusion Institute, said our environment is being polluted by fossil fuels and recommended cold fusion as a solution to the problem. Sandquist believes that by doing research at the Cold Fusion Institute and similar facilities throughout the the world, the problem may be solved. As a part of National Engineering Week, Weber State invited Sandquist to address engineering students and faculty. His credentials include being a member of the International Nuclear Atomic Energy Agency. The search for cold fusion is "similar to the search for the Holy Grail," said Sandquist. "Many institutions are finding excess heat, others are finding neutron output and still others are finding increased tritium output." The problem Sandquist sees with the initial findings, is that no one is finding all these factors at the same time. Weber State's cold fusion team is addressing this issue. Investigative teams from Texas A&M, Stanford and universities in Japan, Italy and Russia have joined the search for the "Grail." More funding from Congress is needed to enable scientists here to keep up the race, said Sandquist. Currently many federal subsidies for nuclear research are being cut because "the U.S. Congress doesn't see the need to fund (See FUSION page 7) Engineering needs women By Tammy Goulding lllllli&ft Less than 5 percent of Weber State's engineering students are women. This is a travesty," said nuclear Tvhysicist Gary Sandquist to an almost euii;.':' male audience Thursday. llllllllllll

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"LXC 1 WEBER STATE COLLEGE WUbl 1 KN. SJ1 ,J. r ... ...... - V - 1 i r g- - VV Jrfr - . l"" . ' J d . v - if. 7 .1 v 'I '-r ' ' VSC RODEO TEAM CALF ROPER GLENN LARSEN competed in Saturday's pro rodeo, sponsored by Delta Airlines, at Golden Spike Arena. Larsen finished 2nd by three-tenths of a second behind the nation's calf roping champion. New software polices WSC regisrrarion By Kathleen Montoya Senior reporter of The Signpost ft J I I I W ir4 iii e Campus The Weber State College touch tone registration system will soon have a new nnwram rnllpd STARRS that U 1 will check to see if registering OUUUCillfG lia)C but prerequisites for classes. According to Winslow Hurst, director of admissions and registration, prerequisite checking has not been practical in the past because each department has required a different minimum grade in lower level courses. The computer would have to match a student's registration against each department's requirements separately. It brings response time to its knees," Hurst said. The faculty senate enacted a policy Feb. 15 that will standardize minimum grade requirements at C- to meet prerequisites. The policy will enable the STARRS program to function. The new program has a target completion date for fall quarter. Students registering will not only find it easier to determine if they have met all prerequisites, but they may also find it easier to meet ACT entrance requirements, said Hurst. Those who have retaken the ACT test will be able to use their best composite score for scholarships and admissions. Students will also be allowed to use the highest score they achieved in the subcategories of math and English to meet placement requirements, even if those scores were achieved on different tests. "The philosophy is that the best score represents the student's best performance," Hurst said. "And if a student can achieve a score of 19 on a certain day, then they have reached that level of competence." (See TOUCH page 7) Fusion could be pollution solution By Tammy Goulding Staff writer of The Sgnpost Dr. Gary Sandquist, a member of University of Utah's Cold Fusion Institute, said our environment is being polluted by fossil fuels and recommended cold fusion as a solution to the problem. Sandquist believes that by doing research at the Cold Fusion Institute and similar facilities throughout the the world, the problem may be solved. As a part of National Engineering Week, Weber State invited Sandquist to address engineering students and faculty. His credentials include being a member of the International Nuclear Atomic Energy Agency. The search for cold fusion is "similar to the search for the Holy Grail," said Sandquist. "Many institutions are finding excess heat, others are finding neutron output and still others are finding increased tritium output." The problem Sandquist sees with the initial findings, is that no one is finding all these factors at the same time. Weber State's cold fusion team is addressing this issue. Investigative teams from Texas A&M, Stanford and universities in Japan, Italy and Russia have joined the search for the "Grail." More funding from Congress is needed to enable scientists here to keep up the race, said Sandquist. Currently many federal subsidies for nuclear research are being cut because "the U.S. Congress doesn't see the need to fund (See FUSION page 7) Engineering needs women By Tammy Goulding lllllli&ft Less than 5 percent of Weber State's engineering students are women. This is a travesty," said nuclear Tvhysicist Gary Sandquist to an almost euii;.':' male audience Thursday. llllllllllll